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Our expertise

  • What we do

    We help individuals come together as a group to bring a single claim for wrongdoing that has impacted each of them. We ensure that group has the best chance of success by providing excellent legal representation.

    Our experience

    • Acting for investors in a fraudulent investment scheme, Ross Asset Management, in a litigation-funded proceeding against the bank used by the scheme.
    • Acting for investors in a litigation-funded proceeding against the directors and officers of CBL Corporation following its collapse.
    • Acting for investors in Intueri Education Group Limited in a litigation-funded proceeding against its directors, and against its parent company and its directors, following Intueri’s collapse.
    • Acting for patients in a claim against the manufacturer for faulty hip implants.
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  • What we do

    We act for companies and their directors, officers, and employees in complex and urgent commercial disputes across a wide range of industries.

    Our experience

    • Advising overseas and New Zealand companies on cross-border issues including freezing orders, jurisdiction, and enforcement of civil judgments.
    • Acting for a New Zealand company to resist a subpoena issued by the Federal Court of Australia, including appearing in Australia, under the Trans-Tasman regime.
    • Acting for an Australian company to enforce contractual rights against a New Zealand counterparty.
    • Acting for overseas private equity funds in respect of commercial and property disputes.
    • Acting for shareholders and property developers in complex investment disputes.
    • Acting for New Zealand companies in contractual and property-related disputes.
    • Acting for liquidators and directors in claims regarding director duties and other recovery action.

  • What we do

    We advise on compliance with legislation and regulations governing commercial conduct, including the Commerce Act 1986, and act in proceedings relating to all aspects of their application.

    Our experience

    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in appeals against decisions to decline mergers, including NZME and Fairfax, and Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island.
    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in respect of cartel enforcement, including in the freight forwarding, air cargo, horse transport, grocery, and taxi industries.
    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in respect of covenants that contravened section 28 of the Commerce Act.
    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in respect of acquisitions that contravened section 47 of the Commerce Act.
    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in a price fixing claim for an agreement between competitors not to bid on each other’s brand names on Google Ads.
    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in respect of the conduct that contravened the Telecommunications Act 2001 and 111 Contact Code.
    • Advising the Commerce Commission in respect of its determination of input methodologies for the regulation of fibre services.
    • Acting for Crown entity Kāinga Ora-Homes and Communities to defend allegations of misuse of market power.
    • Acting in proceedings brought by the Commerce Commission and various retailers in respect of credit card interchange fees.

  • What we do

    We advise on compliance with the Fair Trading Act 1986 and Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003. We assist regulators and consumers to investigate and enforce consumer protection breaches.

    Our experience

    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in civil and criminal proceedings against energy companies, finance companies, product manufacturers, and telecommunications companies for breaches of the Fair Trading Act.
    • Acting for the Commerce Commission in civil and criminal proceedings against finance companies and mobile traders for breaches of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act.
    • Acting for non-profit entities in a proceeding against a large New Zealand company in respect of alleged greenwashing conduct.

  • What we do

    We advise the public and private sectors on some of New Zealand’s largest and most complex transactions to deliver their commercial objectives. We provide pragmatic, end-to-end advice, from identifying opportunities, structuring finance, designing and managing procurement strategies, and drafting and negotiating all legal documentation.

    Our experience

    • Advising Queenstown Lakes District Council on various CBD developments including the Manawa Town Centre, marina development, and spa development.
    • Acting for international corporates on acquisition of New Zealand assets.
    • Acting for Rock-It on expanding their entertainment logistics network.
    • Advising on joint venture arrangements with Southern Cross on the development of private hospitals.
    • Structuring advice for property development entities.
    • Advising on acquisition of and investing in sensitive New Zealand land.
    • Advising significant IT company on a range of acquisitions.

  • What we do

    We advise on public powers, government and legislative processes including law reform, and issues of statutory interpretation. We help organisations and individuals to make good decisions, and defend them, and assist clients to hold accountable those who do not comply with their public law obligations.

    Our experience

    • Acting for government and non-government clients as plaintiffs and defendants in judicial review and other public law proceedings, including a successful judicial review of a decision made by the Minister of Energy and Resources.
    • Advising various government organisations, independent entities, companies and individuals on public powers, including information requests, policy and legislative processes, and assisting with drafting of secondary legislation.
    • Acting as amicus curiae for the High Court in proceedings in respect of the jurisdiction of the District Court and Family Court.

  • What we do

    We have managed some of the country’s largest property portfolios and most complex transactions. We advise offshore and onshore clients, iwi and central and local government, alongside developers, investors and tenants. We are a strategic partner, with individual transactions forming part of a long-term value-creation strategy. Our work spans acquisitions and disposals, construction, funding, joint ventures, leasing, subdivisions, development, and navigating complex land interests and processes.

    Our experience

    • Acting for Ministry of Education in relation to its $21 billion property portfolio.
    • Acting for Auckland Council on the $4.2 billion City Rail Link project.
    • Acting for significant overseas private equity entity on resort and hotel acquisitions.
    • Acting for a major retailer on is leasing portfolio.
    • Acting for significant New Zealand corporates on all their portfolio needs.

  • What we do

    We act for regulators and investors in high profile and complex commercial matters.

    Our experience

    • Acting for the Securities Commission and Financial Markets Authority to seek injunctive relief and pecuniary penalties for misleading and deceptive conduct.
    • Acting for the Takeovers Panel in respect of section 32 meetings and proceedings to enforce the Takeovers Code.
    • Class action on behalf of CBL shareholders for IPO and continuous disclosure breaches.
    • Class action on behalf of Intueri shareholders for IPO and continuous disclosure breaches.
    • Acting for shareholders to seek injunctive relief and orders under section 174 of the Companies Act.
    • Acting for shareholders and directors in disputes relating to breaches of shareholder agreements and breaches of directors’ duties.

  • What we do

    We assist regulators to maximise the reach of their enforcement tools and provide legal support to government inquiries. We also advise clients on coronial and other inquiries.

    Our experience

    • Counsel assisting the Havelock North Water Inquiry.
    • Counsel assisting the Government Inquiry into the Appointment Process for a Deputy Commissioner of Police.
    • Conducting investigations on behalf of clients including into the leaking of a confidential government Cabinet paper.